Shelby at Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2010

Shelby Distribution had a booth a Barrett Jackson Scottsdale AZ in January 2010. On the booth were a CSX6000 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C, the New CSX9000 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe and a GT40. As could be expected the cars commanded a lot of attention keeping the dealers on hand extremely busy.

Other events at Barrett included the introduction of the Shelby GT350 which coincided with the 45th anniversary of the original 1965 Shelby GT350 and it features a 5.0-liter Supercharged V8 (500 hp) and plenty of performance potential.

Bob Bondurant spent some time at the Superformance / Shelby booth reminiscing over the cars he raced in the ‘60’s. Bob is always gracious when it comes to fans wanting pictures and this was not an exception.

The weather was uncooperative with Governor of AZ, Jan Brewer declaring a state of emergency on Thursday 21st January following the worst storm in decades. Auction week say more than 1200 collector cars congregated in a small area of AZ. On the Thursday a total of 243 cars were sold through the Barrett Jackson action where the facilities weathered the storm and auctions were uninterrupted. Nearby at Russo and Steele the weather was responsible for lifting the north tent off the ground at about 6:5pm. Russo and Steele shut down the auction and cleared the site and later the south tent also blew over. A collector-car insurance executive estimated damages to the vehicles could exceed $1.5 million.

At the Arizona Biltmore, RM Auctions reported and recorded the highest sale of the week so far which a 1963 Aston Martin DB4 was sold for $1 million dollars. There were plenty of charity cars up for auction at Barrett-Jackson, but perhaps the one that benefited the most worthy cause was donated by GM. They brought out a 427 Limited edition Corvette Z06 worth more than $80,000 to Scottsdale and promised to donate the entire proceeds of the sale to the American Red Cross to help those who were affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. A 2011 Mustang auctioned for $330,000.00 with the proceeds from the sale benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

As with just about any car auction, the words "Shelby" and "Cobra” translate to a lot of money. At Barrett-Jackson this year two of the top sales in the car category were for Shelby Cobra’s. The first was a 1963, 289 Cobra with a fully rebuilt motor generating 417 horsepower. The second was a 1964, 289 chassis CSX2281, which had been rebuilt and restored. Bidding on these cars quickly shot into the six figure digits finally topping the scale at the $400,000 mark.

Lance Stander CEO Shelby Distribution commented that “Barrett Jackson had taken the necessary steps to ensure a great auction and vendor setting.”

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